Lawrence Brooks HAYS

(1898-1981)

HAYS, Lawrence Brooks, a
Representative from Arkansas; born in London, Pope County, Ark.,
August 9, 1898; attended the public schools in Russellville, Ark.;
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, A.B., 1919; law school of
George Washington University, Washington, D.C., J.D., 1922; was
admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Russellville,
Ark.; served in the United States Army in 1918; assistant attorney
general of Arkansas, 1925-1927; Democratic National committeeman
for Arkansas, 1932-1939; NRA labor compliance officer for Arkansas
in 1934; assistant to the administrator of resettlement in 1935;
held administrative and legal positions in the Farm Security
Administration, 1936-1942; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1943-January 3, 1959); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; president, Southern Baptist
Convention, 1957-1958; member of the Board of Directors of the
Tennessee Valley Authority 1959-1961; Assistant Secretary of State
for congressional relations, 1961; Special Assistant to the
President of the United States from December 1961 until February
1964, when he became professor of political science at Eagleton
Institute of Rutgers University; visiting professor of government
at University of Massachusetts, 1966-1967; director of Ecumenical
Institute at Wake Forest University, 1968-1970; elected as
co-chairman, Former Members of Congress, Inc., in 1970; chairman,
Government Good Neighbor Council of North Carolina; unsuccessful
candidate from North Carolina for election in 1972 to the
Ninety-third Congress; resided in Chevy Chase, Md., until his death
there on October 11, 1981; interment at Oakland Cemetery,
Russellville, Ark.